I can't wait until I have a Linux/Nvidia machine going again ... then I'll get to see if I can get WoW working in Linux with Cedega. Not that I should be playing WoW ... or typing this message atm .. back to work.

I hoping to get WoW working with cedega during the open beta. If I do I'll post about it...

So, I spent this weekend playing World of Warcraft with Cedega and I have to say I am deeply impressed. Aside from a couple small issues it plays flawlessly. There are really only two issues:

1. The mouse doesn't show up in directx mode (have to use the -opengl flag)
2. The minimap crashes the game in opengl mode if left on indorrs/in a cave.


That's it. Once they fix the mouse and minimap issue it will be perfect.

Sorry to partially necro this thread. I've been looking at Cedega over the past few days and can't actually figure out what I'd get for my subscription fee. AFAIK, I'll get access to download the software (+ updates) and is that it? From there, where do I go? Can I literally just use it to install my Windows games and play away under Linux or is there more to it?

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Sorry to partially necro this thread. I've been looking at Cedega over the past few days and can't actually figure out what I'd get for my subscription fee. AFAIK, I'll get access to download the software (+ updates) and is that it? From there, where do I go? Can I literally just use it to install my Windows games and play away under Linux or is there more to it?

That's the idea. What you do is something like, if you wanted to play HL2, you'd run

$ cedega steaminstaller.exe

or for doom 3, something like

$ mount /mnt/cdrom
$ cd /mnt/cdrom
$ cedega install.exe

and it figures everything out automagically. It creates a fake windows directory structure in your home directory, and the apps don't know they're not in windows.

The major difference between cedega and cedega-cvs or wine is that with the paid version of cedega, you get binaries(useful if you don't have 2.0GHz+ computer, compiling wine/cedega takes as long to compile as X.org) AND you don't need a no-cd crack to play the game (it works out the copy protection)

The thing though, cedega works well on only some games. YMMV, but so far the only games that the cedega developers are really working on now it seems are Doom 3 and HL2. Which is a shame, because I'd purchase a 3 month subscription($15) if they supported Rise of Nations. Right now, from what I hear, the installer doesn't even work correctly.

EDIT: I should also mention that in cedega-cvs, not everything works as well as the released cedega. I'm not quite sure why, but people have better luck getting games to work that way. Just don't base whether a game will run or not on cedega-cvs, find someone who has cedega to find out if it will run or not.

EDIT2: Here's an example of what cedega does. It just lets windows games run in x86 linux. And another

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EDIT: I should also mention that in cedega-cvs, not everything works as well as the released cedega. I'm not quite sure why, but people have better luck getting games to work that way. Just don't base whether a game will run or not on cedega-cvs, find someone who has cedega to find out if it will run or not.

Thanks, thats exactly what I was wondering, I tried the cvs and couldn't get anything to work on it, I might try a subscription!

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Quote: Original post by etothex

EDIT: I should also mention that in cedega-cvs, not everything works as well as the released cedega. I'm not quite sure why, but people have better luck getting games to work that way. Just don't base whether a game will run or not on cedega-cvs, find someone who has cedega to find out if it will run or not.

Thanks, thats exactly what I was wondering, I tried the cvs and couldn't get anything to work on it, I might try a subscription!

You can look at the official transgaming games database as well, and I think there are some unofficial transgaming wiki databases out there which are more up to date

How well does it work with some more modern games (came out in the last 6 months)? What about Final Fantasy XI or Ragnarok Online? I'm sorta afraid to buy a MMORPG if I'm not certain it will work fine with Linux. Actually I'm more afraid of the MMORPGs consuming my time and ruining my life.....

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How well does it work with some more modern games (came out in the last 6 months)? What about Final Fantasy XI or Ragnarok Online? I'm sorta afraid to buy a MMORPG if I'm not certain it will work fine with Linux. Actually I'm more afraid of the MMORPGs consuming my time and ruining my life.....

The official transgaming database says Ragnarok is 4 of 5 on compatibility, no report on Final Fantasy. What I would do (especially if you haven't bought it yet) is find someone using it with cedega/linux already and ask how it works (especially if they use same/similar distro)

Disclaimer: I don't have a transgaming subscription. I've used the cvs, but otherwise, like I said, I'm waiting for Rise of Nations. :) Once RoN works, I'll pay the $15, even if none of my other games work.

Perfect. This was just the sort of info I was looking for. Thanks guys. I might try a subscription :)